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New "Extreme" Summer Tires for 2013 =)

I like nice summer tires. They are awesome. They make me happy. They also make my racecar better than most imitation racecar(s).

I ran RE-11s last summer... and they will probably need replaced shortly into this season. They did wear better than I expected considering my alignment and some of the abuse they took. That being said, I was very happy with their performance.

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That being said, I do wish they would expand the smaller diameter tires a bit more. Most serious track goers would consider it silly to run an 18" wheel on my car for track use - which it is. 17" tires are significantly cheaper and many 17" wheels still clear my brakes. That being said, I don't have a spare set of 17" track wheels, nor do I have the brakes to support tires that are much better than my current ones.

Originally Posted by Trainrex

He was throwing balloons filled with sulfuric acid and shrapnel at the swat team. They finally had to take him down with rubber bullets.

Any tests done in the rain? I'm assuming you're going to be using this as your daily tire, if not I guess it doesn't matter as much.

Original star specs were great for auto-x because they heat up fast, but I don't think they were as stable on an extended track run. Not sure which you do more of but definitely keep that in mind.

Both look pretty sweet and I'm sure you can't go wrong either way.

Mine will pretty much be solely Auto-X/Track days. The only way they'll see rain is if it is wet on event day.

I've been super happy with Star Specs. The D1's are a fantasic 'all around' extreme performance tire. They worked from the cold start to pretty hot. They would get a little greasy when overheated, but what tire doesn't..... I ran my last set dead on an HPDE - where as others have noted, once you get to about 2/32" depth the compound gets harder. As it wore down to more of a slick, the little left of the soft rubber started chunking off; they were then done. They are a very consistent tire, which recover pretty well from mistakes IMO - and are FANTASTIC. I repeat FANTASTIC in the wet.

So why switch? The D2's are coming out and are supposed to be a bit faster than the D1 all around. The BFGs are supposed to be a bit faster and the D2's in the dry. The BFGs are also reported to be very easy to drive at the limit vs. the D2's are rumored to respond more like and R-comp (very peaky grip, easy to push to hard and have to waaaiiiitttt to recover from a mistake). It's already sounding like the driver will depend on which tire they will be faster in.

Me - I prefer a tire with excellent recovery so I can attack a course. The STi is not a finesse car and I drive it that way, so I don't want a finesse tire.

That said - how can I already decide when the D2's are yet to be tested fully??? Because BFG is offering a Solo contingency to run them..... Dunlop NEVER has. Support those who support you. Thanks BFG for coming back to Solo!

I'm also betting on this drought to continue so I won't have a need for a tire that can handle the 'wet' as good as the Dunlop.

Re: New "Extreme" Summer Tires for 2013 =)

All three tires should be excellent and provide better steering response than their predecessors. I think the biggest question will be a small difference in price, but more importantly, availability and time of shipment in the spring

Originally Posted by Trainrex

He was throwing balloons filled with sulfuric acid and shrapnel at the swat team. They finally had to take him down with rubber bullets.

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